JULIANA HATFIELD, HOW TO WALK AWAY

On her ninth solo effort, the alt-rock goddess sheds her insecurities and turns out her most searing lyrics to date on tracks like "Shining On" and "Just Lust," in which she swears off drunken one-nighters. It's as if she wrote this over drinks with Liz Phair and PJ Harvey. Matt Hendrickson